Guns on Idahoan Campuses

Published on Saturday, March 19th, 2011 by Ryan Collins
Tags: college guns, college news, Guns college

  Boise, Idaho (CollegetoCareers.com) – The Idaho House of Representatives recently approved a bill that would allow for guns to be carried on Idahoan college campuses. The bill, which allows for the guns to either be displayed in plain sight or concealed, now moves on to the Idaho Senate. The vote passed in the House [...]

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More Cuts Expected for Pell Grants

Published on Thursday, March 17th, 2011 by Ryan Collins
Tags: budget cuts, college budget cuts, college grants, federal pell grants, grants for college, pell grants

The Obama administration came under fire recently for proposed cuts to Pell grants, which the president made in the 2012 budget he offered to legislators last month. Although Obama supported keeping the grant at its maximum throughout his presidency, recent changes in his budget aroused tensions and criticisms from both the left and the right. [...]

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Group Offers College Scholarships to White Males

Published on Wednesday, March 16th, 2011 by Ryan Collins
Tags: College Resources, college scholarships, Financial Aid, pay for college, scholarships for college

SAN MARCOS, TX (CollegeToCareers) – A Texas-based scholarship organization will now offer scholarships targeted to young white males, according to The Austin-American Statesman. The Former Majority Association for Equality will offer five $500 scholarships only to white male students who attend Texas State University. The Austin-American Statesman reports that Colby Bohannan, a returning Iraq veteran, [...]

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California State Legislature: Cal Grants to Go

Published on Tuesday, March 15th, 2011 by Ryan Collins
Tags: cal grants, college budget cuts, college grants, College Scholarships And Grants, for-profit institutions, grants, grants for college

SAN FRANCISCO, CA. – Some of California’s most well-known for-profit colleges may well soon lose the ability to offer Cal Grants to needy students, according to The San Francisco Chronicle. If a motion passes in the state legislature, DeVry University, Heald University and the University of Phoenix will not be able to offer the same [...]

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Budget Battles Slash Financial Aid

Published on Saturday, March 12th, 2011 by Ryan Collins
Tags: college budget cuts, college grants and scholarships, college scholarships, fafsa, Financial Aid, grants, pell grants, student aid

TULSA, OK. (CollegetoCareers.com) – Looming budget battles continue to target state-funded college financial aid packages, including loans, grants and scholarships. Oklahoma’s students could be the next to suffer from dicey decisions by lawmakers to reverse huge budget shortfalls. The latest college poised to suffer the effects of recent cutbacks in student financial aid: Tulsa Community [...]

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Florida Senate: No Guns on College Campuses

Published on Friday, March 11th, 2011 by Ryan Collins
Tags: college guns, college news, firearms on college campuses, gun access on college campuses

TALLAHASSEE, FL. (CollegetoCareers.com) – In a rare and largely unforeseen event, the Florida legislature voted down a measure that would have allowed students to conceal and carry firearms on college campuses, The Miami Herald reports. Senate Republicans defeated the bill at a time when many other states with clear Republican majorities continue to pass similar [...]

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UC San Diego Raises TAG eligible GPA to 3.5

Published on Thursday, March 10th, 2011 by Edwina
Tags: TAG, Transfer Agreement Guarantee, transfer GPA, uc, UCSD

Beginning fall 2012, students who wish to submit a Transfer Agreement Guarantee (TAG) with UC San Diego must now have a minimum GPA of 3.5 in UC transferable courses

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SB 1440 creates clearer transfer pathway to CSU

Published on Tuesday, March 8th, 2011 by Edwina
Tags: associates degree, califonia community colleges, csu, guaranteed admission, SB 1440, transfer students

Senate Bill 1440, signed into law last September by former Governor Schwarzenegger, promises to create a clearer path for California community college students transferring to a California State University (CSU).

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Harvard Reinstates Early Admissions

Published on Friday, March 4th, 2011 by Ryan Collins
Tags: admissions process, college admissions, early admissions, Harvard, Ivy League

CAMBRIDGE, MA. (CollegetoCareers.com) – After making the effort to streamline the stressful college admissions process, Harvard College announced recently that it will resume the early admissions process, which previously allowed high school students to submit their applications earlier and discover their acceptance status months into their junior year. In 2006, Harvard eradicated its early admissions [...]

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Texas May Allow Guns on Campus

Published on Thursday, March 3rd, 2011 by Ryan Collins
Tags: college violence, concealed handguns, guns on campus, Virginia Tech

AUSTIN, TX. (CollegetoCareers.com) – The Texas legislature is poised to legalize the ability for a student or faculty member to carry a gun on campus. If the motion passes to allow guns on college campuses, Texas legislators will join their counterparts in Arizona and Oklahoma by making lethal weapons more accessible. More than half of [...]

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